As I write this, the beauty and peace of this early Sunday morning
is being desecrated by gunshots from you who appear to have some kind
of pathological need to kill.

Since you vent physically on your prey – God’s creatures who are
merely going about trying to live their lives – I will vent on you
verbally; that’s more than fair, and much better than you deserve.

Why do you shoot those who can’t shoot back? Is this your twisted
idea of sportsmanship? Do you feel so weak, so impotent; that the only
way you think you can shore up your self-esteem is to destroy someone
weaker than yourself? Do you plan on going to church after your warped
idea of fun? If you do go to church, chances are that your fellow
church-goers and pastor are as weak and cowardly as you are; or are too
fearful to tell you the truth about your hardness of heart.

Don’t you realize that you are blaspheming God by showing that
Christians in this day and age live on such a low level? What can’t you
understand about Galatians 5:22 and 23, and other passages in your
Bible? Has Satan so blinded you and your “fellow believers” that you
don’t know what the fruit of the Holy Spirit means? Are “love, joy,
peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
self-control” simply empty words to you?

It is obvious that you don’t care about human beings any more than
you care about “the lower animals.” And don’t bother to tell me that the
Creator gave us dominion over them. The “dominion” that God speaks of is
“stewardship.” Right after this, the Bible says: (Genesis 1:29)

29 Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding
seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has
fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; ~ New American Standard Bible

So there goes your excuse for eating the animals you really kill for
fun. I won’t get into the deer and elk “wasting” disease caused by
prions. I’m sure you know all about that by now. What unsuspecting souls
are you feeding that infected meat to?

These other animals created by God are limited in their capabilities
to defend themselves from you. What is your excuse? You claim to be made
in God’s image; then why do you bring such shame on yourself by causing
others “to blaspheme,” as it says in the Bible?

And if you are teaching others to share in your shamefulness, take
heed:

Luke 17:1-3

1 And He [Jesus] said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that
stumbling blocks should come, but woe to him through whom they come!

2 “It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his
neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of
these little ones to stumble.

3 “Be on your guard! If your brother [or sister] sins, rebuke him
[or her]; and if he [or she] repents, forgive him [or her].”~ New American Standard Bible

Mary T. Hoffman

"Joyful Curmudgeon"
An oxymoron?
No! I see all the beauty of God's creation and I'm joyful. At the
same time, I see all the suffering and corruption going on in the
world, and feel called to help expose and end it so that we may have true
peace and compassion.